Chapter 12 Example 2

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package {
  import com.actionscriptbible.Example;
  public class ch12ex2 extends Example {
    public function ch12ex2() {
      //SEARCHING
      trace("---- search()");
      var themTharHills:String = "hillshillshillsGOLDhills";
      trace(themTharHills.search(/gold/i)); //15

      trace("---- exec()");
      var searchForGold:RegExp = /gold/gi;
      var themTharHills:String = "hillsgoldhillshillsGOLDhills";
      
      var result:Object = searchForGold.exec(themTharHills);
      //TEST if there’s gold in the hills
      if (result) trace("There's gold in them thar hills!");
      //LOCATE the gold
      trace(result.index); //5
      
      //look a second time
      result = searchForGold.exec(themTharHills);
      //output the second location
      trace(result.index); //19
    }
  }
}